Tokyo heads for 4th state of emergency Japan’s government has decided to impose a fourth coronavirus state of emergency in Tokyo, lasting through the Olympics. The state of emergency is to be in effect from next Monday to August 22. Currently, Tokyo and nine other prefectures are under intensive restrictions that are slightly less severe…
Lis Nixon from Oxfordshire told the BBC on Thursday that she was turned away at the Iberia desk at Heathrow, despite having an urgent family reason to visit Spain. Her son, daughter-in-law, and grandson live in Estella, Spain, and needed her there, she said. Title: Coronavirus: Spain to lift restrictions for the UK and Japanese…
A raccoon appears on a street in Osaka’s Minami area on Feb. 3, 2021. (Kyodo) Raccoon spotted in central Osaka as virus keeps humans indoors during the pandemic February 8, 2021 (Mainichi Japan) OSAKA (Kyodo) — A raccoon was spotted roaming in central Osaka past midnight earlier this month, in a rare sighting highlighting how…
An employee of Shimadzu Corp. introduces a new test kit used to detect the novel coronavirus on inanimate surfaces in Kyoto on Feb. 8, 2021. (Kyodo) Kit to detect Coronavirus on doorknobs, laptops goes on sale in Japan from Monday Japanese precision equipment maker Shimadzu Corp. started selling on Monday test kits that can…
